UFOs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@marooneer8470]

Having John Oliver talk about something other than the depressing state of the world is a breath of much needed fresh air 😢

[@cookinma]

But it’s still sad that the only way to find something not sad to talk about is to literally avoid our whole planet and talk about space

[@MitchGalgz]

TBF beneath all of this is an alleged 75 year cover-up by the US government, which is quite sinister indeed.

[@leadpaintchips9461]

TBF it's still a rather depressing topic. First, it's chock full of the US government lying to its citizens 'for national security'. Despite how valid that lying might be, it's still the government flat out lying about it's actions or the actions of other governments to their citizens. Second, it's just an extension of the tribalism that we have over things that we can't prove. The schism around if they're aliens or not is _very_ heated, and the whole point is in the name, *Unidentified* Flying Object. We don't know what they are, which is why they're called that to begin with. People are 'debating' it in the same way that we 'debate' religion, which is shout our beliefs at each other until our voices are tired. I'm a skeptic at heart, I don't believe that aliens would show themselves if they came to see us, because all we got going right now is a fast track to self destruction. _But,_ a major part of the logical and scientific approach is being open to new, and verifiable information.

[@placeholderdoe]

@@cookinmaUFOs are on Earth tho

[@wmpx34]

@@placeholderdoedepends on your definition of “on the Earth,” I suppose. One could argue that they are above it. They are flying, after all

[@LindseyLouWho]

I think we should all take a moment and acknowledge the costume designer who made a bird mascot's facial expression exude pure unfiltered derision. Art. What a time to be alive.

[@lenag6019]

Yes, what a time to be alive! Gratitude for the small things. Otherwise we'd go screaming off tall buildings. Thank you, as always, John Oliver 😢😅

[@ZentaBon]

These costumes cost $5k-$10k minimum btw its probably higher since it could be considered commercial use (being used inside of an episode of TV made for profit) I honestly can't believe how they get such a high budget! It's awesome though

[@dinosaysrawr]

Credit is also due to the performer for their perfect and immaculately-timed body language and head tilt. Synergy. (Wonder if it's Noel MacNeal again?)

[@cookinma]

AI

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

They have an amazing creative team, always impressed.

[@ShadowedOne]

As someone who took a college class about the 30 years war, I was the target audience for that 16th century Germany joke. Thank you.

[@MissBlueEyeliner]

Those student loans were worth it for that one

[@J.M.-nb4gw]

What is the 30 years war?

[@Ramsa903]

​@J.M.-nb4gw A war in central Europe from 1618 to 1648. Started as a religious war protestants vs catholics. Actually one of the most horrifying wars in history and regarding numbers in percentages one of the most deadliest. Killing around 35% of the population. Much more then first ans seconds world war combined. ( only in percentages )

[@andrewcrouch7149]

@@J.M.-nb4gw en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War

[@fightthepowerman]

​​​@@J.M.-nb4gwAn awful war to determine who will rule large parts of what is now Germany. Its the point where the desperation of the ruling class in the face of an existential threat allowed capitalism to florish in the hope it would lend its adopters an edge over their enemies. It worked... and then everyone else jumped on board out of fear of being left behind. Something that caused a big old shift in power towards a new class of people who are still in charge today.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

The problem with this topic, is that many people use the term "U.F.O" as a synonym for "Alien Spacecraft", which leads to much misunderstanding. When the military admits that certain footage shows a U.F.O, they aren't confirming the existence of aliens, they are just saying that the footage shows something they could not identify.

[@adelepattonxxx]

Thank you!

[@MyDrules]

Sounds more like there is a education problem.. Ufo means unidentified flying object. It is literally in the name. People that cant comprehend that would probably microwave their cat when its wet..

[@RickFruckberry]

And, as a veteran I can state this. Fighter pilots report all kinds of sightings that are dismissed as hallucinations from hypoxia or other similar causes. Unless a sighting is confirmed by multiple sources it is dismissed. Power of suggestion is big on this front. It is usually extreme weather events.

[@DWSmith-x6c]

I've noticed that too. It only means "unidentified," not from another friggin planet.

[@adelepattonxxx]

@drewlovelyhell4892 Thankyou for the second sane comment on KZbin that I've read today! It's nice to know that I am not alone in a world of naivety or ignorance.

[@adv4287]

6:34 the screams after “deep mouths” are killing me especially with how delighted John looks at them

[@vlooranthewise7526]

John: " *DEEP MOUTHS* " Audience: 😊👏👏 Audience, after a moment of reflection: 😱

[@chrisbutler1668]

@@confusciouspuff1013 Birds of the same feather f*** together.

[@smellslikelayne]

after that woman literally screamed "WHAT" john looked so proud of himself

[@Curtis006]

My mans said “pelican gawk gawk”

[@michaelanthony79]

Makes you wonder what that big bird suit is really for? Hey bird, I know where my snake is.

[@houserhythm]

Once you identify a UFO, it becomes an FO. Unless it lands, then it's just an O.

[@jeroenbeuk6585]

Nice one!

[@deadwingdomain]

🤨😔

[@chenzen1578]

are you a librarian? just kidding

[@ABitefLife]

Oh

[@realperson69]

If it lands before you identify it, it’s a UO. 😬 Uh oh.

[@DMBLaan]

I'm glad John Oliver points out at the beginning the fact that the term "UFO" or "UAP" doesn't mean "extraterrestrial", it means we don't know what it is. It doesn't have to be from space for it to be potentially dangerous, and I'm happy that the government if finally starting to try and remove the stigma of reporting this stuff from our service men and women.

[@casparhughey5651]

​@@lbandito1that's exactly what it means. You changed it

[@benjaminjohnson5872]

​@@lbandito1 Literally the only difference in the 2 scenarios you just took way too many words to describe is that in one they actually tried to find out what it was and in one they didn't. The meaning of "unidentified" doesn't change just because you tried to identify it.

[@thomasbecker9676]

@@lbandito1 I think you're off your meds. You should get on that.

[@RindigoxBubby]

The government is not being decent. They always cause an uproar like this when they need to do something big that they don't want media to catch on to. "Flood the market with information so the truth can't be found," is their motto

[@lbandito1]

@@casparhughey5651 you clearly do not have a historical perspective on the issue. Unidentified in this topic has always assumed lack of data. That has changed now that we have been given testimony, under oath, from pilots and others who have collected and seen the data.

[@dcone54321]

Love Carter's recounting what he saw. He was grinning so much cuz he knows how people would think it's crazy, but he still explained. Also, loved his response to the "explanation" by others. Great dis! 😁

[@TwistedRootsMelody]

The man is pure class

[@Mwstmrlnd]

The "I know where my snake is" bit was such good comedic acting, those facial expressions were perfect. All around amazing segment, you can tell when the writers enjoy writing about things that are a little more lighthearted

[@HerpDerpTheTank]

“Wait, that’s not my snake. That’s a different snake. That’s someone else’s snake,” is such a perfect cap on that bit, because it raises so many more questions than it answers (Kinda like UAPs.) If that’s not John’s Snake, then whose snake is that? That means there’s more than one snake? Where are the other snakes? How many snakes are there loose in the building right now? Why is the crew allowing loose snakes? Why is there some kind of rope tugging on my ankle? Why do I hear hissing? Why do I feel a set of rough hands around my neck? What-

[@prosandcons-fl2cc]

really was

[@climbalpinepath13]

I was in the studio audience and I started looking around my chair because God knows the snake could have been there knowing John lol

[@jamalcalypse]

when he sat down and looked at his crotch I was expecting a joke about a trouser snake

[@NathanTheNinjaTaylor]

but it also ties so nicely to the issue about the gov not wanting to look incompetent, such a fun recurring bit lol

[@laalaa99stl]

I wish John/HBO would air the whole show. John's point about refusing to meet bigots "in the middle" in the name of false bipartisanship deserves to be heard far and wide.

[@oddballer2457]

you could use a vpn to access the full show

[@doinked7312]

Its literally on the same channel right now

[@dannyfergusson3243]

Bruh how do you stand the laugh tracks ???????

[@jennidoesherbest]

It’s a live audience

[@ashtonhoward5582]

​@@jennidoesherbestforget to change accounts?

[@itssharktime6560]

Nothing like waking up on Thursday and watching my favorite Brit talk about UFOs.

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

He’s Italian

[@d1boundkj]

It’s finally completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGPLgJd7Zpl2rrssi=zvKhYkcEbCrZmxPW

[@isaiahgeorge906]

@@BeardedDragonMan1997 No, he's British.

[@staxenglish]

He's Azerbaijani​@@BeardedDragonMan1997

[@jackie2joints248]

He from burma

[@EnsignGeneric]

Repurposing the "Except that's not Uruguay" joke for planets was a lovely surprise, well done

[@puthenveetilnoel]

Think he did that would the Republican primary candidates and Doug Bergam,

[@robertheinrich2994]

@@puthenveetilnoel yes, they have done that several times. and it's again and again a signal to not trust everything blindly.

[@deementia6796]

I swear that it originally was a Daniel O'Brien joke from Cracked, which makes sense as he's now a writer for this show,

[@BoyWonder1914]

Getting vaporized wouldn’t be fun, but having it happen from an Alien labeled “Alien” and Death Ray labeled “Death Ray” would be one of the most hilarious ways to go ever

[@robm6726]

The destroy all humans game is fun and related to that if you haven't checked it out.

[@KityKatKiller]

I mean... there's probably few better ways to die tbh. Sounds painless.

[@edwardrhoads7283]

And then drop a label on the remains that says "human"

[@xelasomar4614]

....and the death ray actually made the sound "Zap"

[@dem8568]

​​@@edwardrhoads7283I mean, they're aliens, maybe they put signs on things, maybe they narrate everything they do, maybe they shout shout numbers at others while making jokes, we have no idea what strange linguistic traits they might have.

[@plushdragonteddy]

god, the art of making a mascot suit feel alive and full of character is so cool to me. you could just FEEL every emotion oozing out of that guy. they were only on screen for less than a minute, but they milked every second of it tbh, good for them

[@GioYoLOL]

Agree 😂

[@AbsentWithoutLeaving]

I was looking forward to the dissed bird being involved in the final punchline, but he got ooched out by the snake. 😞

[@fruitypebbles803]

As The Master Thespian would say: “Acting!” “Genius!” “THANK YOU!” *flourish*

[@NexLegacyAccount]

John Oliver has an appreciation for furries. He knows exactly who to hit up for immaculate mascot costumes.

[@zizimugen4470]

Ever been to a furry convention?

[@gracelovely3838]

6:36 The sheer shock and delight of this woman at the pelican joke has absolutely made my morning

[@istdochallesegal3427]

Thank you for pointing that out - I'd missed it TBH but thoroughly enjoyed going back and re-listening to her!

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

Please explain what the deep mouths thing means? Went over my head

[@terogamer345]

@@frankjamesbonarrigo7162 good for BJs?

[@isabelracine1066]

@@frankjamesbonarrigo7162All the better to eat John with, my dear…

[@runed0s86]

Goose

[@cynthiaahern9081]

I don't watch this show. The algorithm gave me this. Hilarious 😂 im going to be checking it more often.

[@EattheApple666]

Very funny show that talks about real topics like adults with sometimes 5th grade humor.

[@aldotorres1983]

In fairness, if someone told me they saw a flying object with the letters "UFO" written on it, I'd also laugh derisively

[@dominomasked]

Same. But still wouldn’t be sure if I was laughing *with* them in the age of Poe’s law.

[@d1boundkj]

It’s finally completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGPLgJd7Zpl2rrssi=zvKhYkcEbCrZmxPW

[@FabriSlv]

I love that the guy tried, tried reaaally hard, not to laugh, but then he just had to give in to it. He did his best, but the topic was just so fucking stupid 😂

[@danielekirylo]

And that is exactly how the aliens will invade Earth, creating confusion and laughter in humans while they disintegrate us through laser beams. 😀

[@RocafellaPlaza]

I seent it dough

[@MinionofNobody]

I am a retired cop. I have answered the phone inside a police station in the middle of the night and had somebody tell me they saw a UFO. My response was to ask if the UFO had committed a crime or if there was any obvious threat to public safety. The answer was invariably “no” which removed the incident from my area of responsibility. I literally had no way to take a report for a UFO sighting if I wanted to do so. That makes sense because police should not be wasting scarce resources dealing with non-police matters. It does leave me wondering how difficult it must be for somebody who sees a UFO to find a government employee who is willing to take them seriously.

[@greywolf7577]

As a government employee, I agree that we have no interest in doing anything outside of our area of responsibility. I have enough to deal with. I don't need anything else. If someone hasn't been assigned the responsibility to deal with UFOs, then it doesn't get dealt with.

[@gerdaleta]

to know the truth of the government's relation to alien technology😮 read dark fleet😮 alien world order😮 project serpico😮 look up operation Montauk😮 operation high jump😮 operation looking Glass😮 project Blue beam😮 read US army insider😮read galactic federation and councils😮 all the information about aliens is there in great detail😮 the government is simply confident of the fact that most of you are illiterate😮 as long as the American people don't read the secret programs will continue in earnest😮

[@gerdaleta]

​@@greywolf7577 to know the truth of the government's relation to alien technology😮 read dark fleet😮 alien world order😮 project serpico😮 look up operation Montauk😮 operation high jump😮 operation looking Glass😮 project Blue beam😮 read US army insider😮read galactic federation and councils😮 all the information about aliens is there in great detail😮 the government is simply confident of the fact that most of you are illiterate😮 as long as the American people don't read the secret programs will continue in earnest😮

[@gerdaleta]

​@@greywolf7577this is how the Draconian empire which you work for not the US government😮 maintains control they just force you to not think about your task😮 while you digitally work for people who literally eat children😮 ignorance does not obfuscate guilt😮 you are guilty😮 by association😮

[@0U8123MTA3]

UFO pilots are not under the jurisdiction of any court that mankind administrates. If the UFO pilots destroyed a farm animal or unlawfully detained a person, no one has authority to arrest UFO pilots. Given the air superiority and technology of UFO pilots, it is mankind that is subject to the administrations of UFO pilots. The ancient texts talk about this. Modern religions won't talk about this topic, one has to read it for themselves.

[@vandal280]

" my snake looks like that but this is actually a different snake. Someone come get your snake" was a truly hilarious end to that bit

[@Nerobyrne]

teach me to stop the video one minute early ^^

[@chonqmonk]

Billings Montana is all sorts of snaked up lately.

[@Nerobyrne]

@user-wh5ir4fo4r okay I meant "this really taught me not to stop the video one minute early" -.-

[@Mephisophistry]

​@user-wh5ir4fo4r +1 internets

[@ssjgoku78966777]

Especially because that snake is non-venomous and the kind of snake that looks like that one is venomous

[@felicitybywater8012]

My mother was once followed home by a UFO. When she burst in through the front door, she was beside herself. One quick look at it and it turned out to be Mars.

[@LC-sc3en]

I wonder if the increase in light pollution since electric lights has contributed to an increase in misidentification of stars and planets as UFOs?

[@TerryAllenSwartos]

I was taken aback when I saw John Chancellor starting to smile at 2:46 while relating the description of the UFO. When he broke into laughter, I could hardly believe my eyes. That was the era of the straight-as-a-ruler news anchor. It was a *BIG* deal when Walter Cronkite got emotional during the first moon landing.

[@aw3299]

I don't know why people and society structures in the past were so obsessed with surpressing emotion, to the point of treating emotions like a crime. It's a really dystopian thing to do to society and people.

[@Craxin01]

@@aw3299 It's not that it was seen as a crime, it was seen as unprofessional. There is a time and a place for emotional expression, and at least then (probably would be better now too), the job of a newscaster was the dispassionate relaying of information and let you have whatever emotions you're going to experience whether than put their emotional thumbs on the scale and make something more emotionally charged than it otherwise should be.

[@juliebraden6911]

Ok but I guess you're completely unaware that it was the common portrayal of ufos in the media at the time. The beginning of the clip was surprising, when he was delivering the story was straight faced. The laughter absolutely was not out of the ordinary for the time. Watch any archived footage.

[@jamesf4423]

⁠@@aw3299you think that is something we’ve gotten over as a society? Cute

[@JackyMan22]

No aliens. But there is hell. 😂

[@00MeatWad00]

Herpetologist here, loved the snake bit! Don't feel bad, colubrids are known escape artists and this has happened to the best of us. Pro tip, if you house your snake in an appropriate sized terrarium (preferably 4x2x2 ft) and used the appropriate locks, you'd drastically reduce the chance of your snake escaping. 😉🐍

[@MagnumCarta]

I'm sure that's a fun field of study with a not very fun name.

[@topherdean1024]

Oh, I thought it was a metaphor.

[@ABYStheOyster]

That was the most adorable snake I've seen in a damn time. And such beautiful bands! I'm never disappointed by corn snakes!

[@marcpeterson1092]

@@topherdean1024 No, metaphors are much bigger and venomous. I had a pet metaphor once.

[@laurendeland7403]

What kind of snake is it?

[@olliefischer]

15:50 that mascot bit was hilarious and the actor's physical comedy was impeccable

[@bobwiegers]

I was hoping the bird would flip him off

[@crytocc]

@@bobwiegers Impeckable, even

[@inhocsigno]

There's a very good chance that might be Noel MacNeal, puppeteer known for portraying some Muppets and Bear in Bear in the big blue house!

[@Dee-x9f]

Love this person (Noel?) every time they have a mascot on! I'm amazed at how he or she indicates very specific emotions that people normally would show through facial expressions. The body language is so precise.

[@MasterOfViewership]

the fucked-up shit on this show is always the best parts

[@fredarooni21]

"You're thinking of religion!" Spat-my-coffee funny X'D

[@JeffPDX-b6m]

That was probably the best line of this segment - and yes, I am a proud atheist.

[@bazpearce9993]

Funny coz it's true.

[@hughkevins]

@@JeffPDX-b6m me too

[@fancycrafts7774]

@@JeffPDX-b6mholy shit, imagine being a “proud” atheist

[@Dropieful]

I'd forgotten that John Oliver is actually pretty funny when he's not covering the most depressive topics known to man, stay king ✊️

[@kylebushnell2601]

Stay king? 🤦‍♂️ lmao

[@painlesspics]

​@@kylebushnell2601 still works 😂

[@lanthanumlanthanium6373]

@@kylebushnell2601 Bots trying to get new phrases made.

[@brinaldi81]

I've seen them

[@naturaliscontentus5914]

Yeah, he's so funny you almost forget he's a big pharma shill

[@Jarvolo27]

The cackle at "deep mouths" and the expression of processing that was glorious.

[@ImaplanetJupiteeeerr]

This is one of those John oliver episodes where I just have to stop to appreciate how well this show is written and made. Absolute gold, god damn :DDDD

[@user-bg4wk6nh3b]

Hard disagree. If this was a good faith segment they would have mentioned there has been thorough conclusive analysis of each spooky ufo clip they showed & included a way to find it.

[@Polybius83]

Calm down. this show isn't funny. It's barely any better than jimmy fallon. Where do people like you even come from?

[@e.s.9285]

Really? Guys obnoxious af.

[@e-villegeckos4443]

Bot

[@ImaplanetJupiteeeerr]

Idk whats wrong with this reply section, just let everyone enjoy life if it doesn't harm others or themselves :D

[@hasnainhaider8914]

In 1992 My father was stationed in Syria as a Defense attaché, and we were living in Damascus near Hafiz ul Asad palace in New Mazzeh. I saw a shinny silver pan shaped with somewhat protruding upward middle area, hovering about 500 feet, might have been 30-50 feet wide, moving slowly silently and slightly sailing/ wobbling in a straight line in the air like the pilot who first saw them in 1940 which was later labeled as flying saucer, it was moving from proximity of the palace which was on the mountain forward towards the city centre, I was at the back of my house when I saw it, till it reach my observation end which was the wall of the house, so to continue watching it I ran towards the front side of the house, and by then like all UFO stories it had vanished without a trace.

[@larapalma3744]

Fascinating thanks so much

[@randallbesch2424]

Not all of them most end that way.

[@hodaka1000]

I saw one/some in about 1973 When I say some this thing after watching it for some time seperated and after a short time merged back together and disappeared flying away at very high speed It was in daylight and a fair distance away, Nothing then or now could fly like it, best description would be like a bouncing ping-pong ball making instant changes in direction without any change in speed and at times it was stationary

[@scorp10fl53]

Cool story bruh!

[@T.E.S.S.]

no you didn't

[@peggedyourdad9560]

For anyone wondering, I'm very sure the snake is a type of kingsnake. It's specifically a California kingsnake and is not venomous and will not hurt anyone.

[@sourgreendolly7685]

I was wondering, thank you.

[@drewman747]

I saw one in my garden one time that looked exactly like that snake. Yes, it is a type of king snake. They eat other snakes, so maybe that’s what happened to John’s snake. 😋

[@drewman747]

Oh, and that was a very pretty king snake. Very doable. 😂

[@coolgreenbug7551]

But if his snake looks like that but isn't, oh no

[@jpdemer5]

@@drewman747 So . . . John's snake _does_ look like that now?

[@veselsvocal]

"you're thinking of religion" is such a hard bar. Rappers wish they could

[@Ramsey276one]

11:04

[@ChaosTheoriesLuxe]

​@@Jrl0028 I dont remember, but it's not surprising if the same person with the same writers said something similar.

[@d1boundkj]

W

[@LowTide941]

⁠@@Jrl0028your only comment on this channel and you chose this covid bull sh*t? Move along little guy

[@Hirnlego999]

@@Jrl0028 Never proven, and specifically said by agent orange in order to take away attention from his incompetent handling of a deadly virus, which THREAT HE DOWNPLAYED. So, not just treason from Mango Mussoline re:election but also creating a false sense of non-danger from something very deadly. And people are still part of his cult.

[@SpellbindingBooks]

My Astronomy minor has never come in more handy than actually knowing that those two satellites were not Venus before his reveal.

[@THEDubbleHelixx]

I might fall for his map tricks every single time, but NEVER his space tricks 😂

[@jamiefrontiera1671]

i knew enough to go, shouldn't Venus be blue-ish?

[@jessehammer123]

My childhood fascination with space did the same for me! :)

[@THEDubbleHelixx]

@@jamiefrontiera1671 It's more of a cream/orange color, unless you're referring to the shadows in the clouds. Maybe you're thinking of Uranus?

[@J.R.S.T.]

Classic

[@matthewfeeg1885]

Came for the UFO content, stayed for the Boeing shade!

[@happykt]

FYI, Jimmy Carter graduated from the US Naval Academy, and served in the US Navy as a naval officer.

[@kevinb3812]

Nuclear Division

[@inklingsun]

Hmm, I was a nipple officer

[@bjb7587]

Only modern president not involved in a war during his four years, forb he was derided.

[@skylark1250]

God bless President Jimmy Carter. A decent man. Hope his flight to heaven is out of this world.

[@MrKellyHiggins]

@@skylark1250 Amen.

[@mindslayer8252]

What it took for this team to put all this together and John Oliver to gracefully portray it is astonishing. Always a pleasure watching!

[@dustymccrusty8545]

gracefully? uhhh wheres my snake... that was boring as fk ... he kinda makes a mockery of it and barley drives home the point that its real and does more to discredit and continue the stigma but if thats what you consider gracful i assume your used to your mom coming out of the bathroom and saying yall better come look at this be4 i flush it!

[@johnappleseed238]

@@dustymccrusty8545 naw it was funny asl and I was thoroughly entertained. Time to go on a another rabbit hole into aliens and UFOs.

[@melaturn]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@melaturn]

Masterful yet again.

[@ActuallyAwesomeName]

@@dustymccrusty8545legitimate and well meaning question here: are you ok? I would be willing to give you a hug if you need

[@ddarroch9]

You could have given me 9 billion guesses and I would never have said that the last sentence of this episode would be "someone please come get your snake"

[@fatalshore5068]

I've seen enough of this show to suspect an actual live snake was going to pop up at some point lol.

[@exkingjohn]

You can take the boy out of standup but …

[@J.M.-nb4gw]

I agree with you 💯

[@obiwanpez]

@@fatalshore5068 I figured they were going to drop a rubber snake from the lights.

[@stljean6383]

Spoiler alert

[@reepaify]

I will tell you his daughter loves to hear his voice. I just have to put it on and she smiles huge. RIP my man... you raised a daughter who loved you dearly.

[@nicole81678]

The Boeing joke was perfection.👌🏻

[@bigtomcasual]

Whatever was in the water of the writers room over there…this episode felt wildly fresh. I love this show. Have never not liked an episode, and yet multiple times this episode I felt like we were somehow seeing new life in something that has never felt anything less than pure excellence. And John’s delivery was funny AF on the random bits like the snake and the bird. Total fire.

[@captainlovett4724]

Agreed! I almost felt like John was in a more optimistic and easy going mood somehow, his deliveries were perfect. I actually don’t remember the last LWT that I laughed this much.

[@Konitama]

@@captainlovett4724 He finally got to talk about something silly and fantastical instead of supreme court corruption and executions.

[@tioswift3676]

Cool story bro, thanks for sharing your life story. Total fire.

[@boggledeggnoggler5472]

Yeah this one got a lot of laughs out of me

[@Julian-jd5yj]

I agree! I usually don't laugh at this show, I just enjoy it for its informative and interesting collection of information. But the snake bit is hysterical

[@justinoff1]

Jimmy Carter is a god damn national treasure

[@TighelanderII]

He funded nun-killing Death Squads

[@nineten5497]

And we have been God blessed to have him

[@no834]

I was born in 1960 and Jimmy Carter is the only president that actually gave a shit about the PEOPLE

[@TighelanderII]

@@no834 If he really cared about "the people" he would have waited until all of "the people" cast their votes in the 1980 election, instead of throwing in the towel around 7pm West Coast time. I was one of the millions that he flipped the bird to by doing that.

[@TighelanderII]

"national treasure"? He's the reason that our country and the World is so deranged today.

[@Hindbodes]

Wow. I'm so happy that thanks to John Oliver we finally have confirmation that it's important to soberly use a rigorous scientific and evidence-based approach when dealing with the issue of UFOs. I never thought I'd see the day.

[@morganpresley496]

As an astrophysicist, for once I actually passed John's "that's not actually ____" test! XD Also, whenever someone asks me about UFOs, my go-to line is "Anything is a UFO if you're bad enough at identifying things."

[@andrewollmann304]

Exactly! The “U” in UFO just means “unidentified.” If you can identify it, it’s not a UFO anymore.

[@mpazinambao2938]

Oh snap, snap!

[@FrankBenlin]

Yep, it's a nice test when it's not a person.

[@justins21482]

And I still agree with the "Its never aliens until its aliens" which I believe means until you have irrefutable evidence smack you clear in the face, its never aliens. And that's typically coming from people like yourself who so deeply want us to find other life. Hell, I so deeply want to find other life out there but I just don't think its that easy...clearly! perhaps that is what keeps us looking to the sky

[@Tobeh]

I’m usually pretty good at identifying things but I still have my one sighting from a few years ago. Middle of a very rural area in Northern California’s Lake County I was walking from the camper to the campgrounds bathroom and admiring the night sky on the way. I see a blinking light coming in from one direction, no sound at all, and suddenly that blinking light takes a 90 degree turn without slowing down or banking, just was going south is now going east. At the exact same time as the sudden turn I see a small 4 seater plane appear to roll over as if it had been upside down and was righting itself going in the opposite direction the blinking light had been that seemed to appear at the spot where the light had turned. The only time there was any sound at all was when I saw the plane roll over so I could see its underside and then normal plane sounds as it flew off into the distance. The blinking light also continued without changing directions until I couldn’t see it anymore.

[@snurt256]

To add to the bit about "Viking helmets didn't actually have horns", the mistake came from the fact that there were ancient Celtic helmets that *did* have horns, and they were found at so many sites of Viking battles that archaeologists just assumed that the Vikings wore them - it turns out, the mistake came from the fact that these ancient Celtic horned-helmet-wearers were simply fighting the Vikings so often that the site of any battle where the Vikings fought was liable to have these horned helmets there.

[@vicentedacosta]

Wow! It's like the opposite of the Survivorship bias!

[@paxundpeace9970]

In addition it was not uncommon to carry the helmet of a former family member after many decades. In additon helmets weren't Uniform. Even Roman soldiers gear was not that glaring red what you often see in movies.

[@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11]

The Gjermundbu Viking helmet is the ONLY verified viking helmet ever found. Or should I say almost only. It is in 6 fragments, making it the only one they could put together, thus getting an idea of what i would have looked like. A few other fragments have been found in other placed, but they are small.

[@stephanleo]

"Celtic" horned helmets (there are very few known examples, like the "Waterloo helmet") and viking helmets are seperated by at least 800-1000 years.

[@washyrose5904]

@@stephanleo This is verifiable. Waterloo Helmet is circa 150-50 BCE, the Viking Age was 793-1066 CE. A cursory search also shows Celtic helmets were referenced but archaeological evidence is lacking. The aforementioned “Waterloo Helmet” was ceremonial, not meant for combat as OP stated.

[@rodrigoccruz]

"You're thinking of religion" ok this one cracked me up

[@poeticalvision]

A good way to describe dogmatic academia and its "consensus" beliefs

[@MechanicaMenace]

​@@poeticalvisionyou've never spent any time around academics have you? You've only heard about them from people who happen to be selling you stuff that "dogmatic academia" dogmatically says "cool, can we see your data please?" to, haven't you?

[@zimzMIS201]

@@MechanicaMenaceexactly. It seems the biggest “experts” about academia are those who have never worked there or even went there.

[@kristinkey12]

​@@zimzMIS201 In my experience academics don't agree on shit unless there's irrefutable evidence

[@roycesimonds7730]

It’s funny because him and his ilk literally treated “Covid science” exactly this way

[@BeanutButterBoy]

6:29 off topic, but that's my favorite thing, when a comedian makes a joke and makes someone in the audience laugh so hard that the comedian reacts to their laughter.

[@g.m.fernandes3579]

I was once travelling through the countryside of my country (Brazil), when we passed in front of a residential complex named: "Human Village". My sister and I still crack up about that years later. It is the most weirdly suspicious sign I've ever seen.

[@chalkedlines8960]

Literally LOL'd at this. That's fantastic.

[@uberliner503]

My rational brain is splitting in half right now, because that is the most conclusive evidence of alien existence I've ever heard of. 😂😂😂

[@kninenights]

Absolutely fantastic. Kudos to whoever named that village.

[@jpdemer5]

And the place across the street was . . . ?

[@cronistamundano8189]

Era em Varginha?

[@ekdaufin1485]

I have HUGE respect for Jimmy Carter and his COURAGE and HONESTY so laugh if you want. Few souls are as powerful and good.

[@danhtran6401]

He was proven wrong and it wasn't a UFO....

[@MichaelFaber-p4j]

Those who laugh at anything Carter related are just not getting the big picture. Not saying I really see the big picture but I'm trying lol

[@Winteramen]

"I'm Mike Wallace, and this cigarette is Parliament." Love it

[@claussemuane4743]

... and the vape is bubble-gum melon.

[@Woodstarritt]

What a time to be alive, you just get home from a long stressful day at work, crack open a cold beer, make your wife bring you a TV dinner; and throw on the news where Mike Wallace tells you he smokes Parliament cigs. Then you die alone and sad from lung cancer. Weird times.

[@LadySingsTheBooze]

i laughed so hard at that.

[@ripn929707]

​@@WoodstarrittIn all reality, the TV dinners back then were excellent!

[@florete2310]

Same💯. One should always introduce his cigarette when hosting a show... nah, f'k it - even when entering a room

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

The "better than our plane" comment reminds me pf a fun story involving an F4 interacting with two F22s. The short version is that a drone was picked up on radar by another country and they sent an F4. They didn't detect the two F22s who were able to get so close that they could visually inspect the F4's payload undetected and then basically pop up on it's side and radio over to go away. Imagine thinking you are aline in the sky and suddenly another aircraft is close enough that the pilot can see your "oh sh*t" face when you finally noticed the other plane.

[@davidbodor1762]

Unfortunately that 'better than our plane' comment reeks of preconceived notions. The guy basically made up his mind already that's actually a plane or some sort of craft that flies, rather than a giant number of much more likely and much more boring explanations. There could be a solid reason he thinks it's a plane, but it's weird to say it with this much certainty when it could very well be a tech glitch, a some weather phenomena, a bug/bird that look weird at the altitude/speed, something stuck to the camera, something looking weird in infrared, etc etc etc...

[@Londonmale89]

​​​@@davidbodor1762 If you listen to his whole account it sounds like, in his mind, it was pretty unequivocal. Given that his mind is that of a navy air commander and combine that with sensor data and corroborative witnesses, I'm not speculating as to what it was but I can say that it was very unlikely to be something uninteresting.

[@davidbodor1762]

@@Londonmale89 There's a reason eyewitness testiomony is the lowest form of scientific evidence, we all have our faults. We're great at a lot of things, but some things cause us to trip up. When you're an important person up in the air doing something important and you see something you'll automatically assume it's important. Your first idea isn't going to be oh its a glitch or oh its a bug stuck to the camera or something, it's going to be holy shit its aliens.

[@aNytmare]

The "That's not X, that's Y! This is X! Actually its not X, its Z!" Will never get old! I missed it so much!

[@kristianthaler6525]

Amusement increases exponentially

[@bearlotk7608]

At this point, the bit could just be "It was actually the first one" and it would still get me.

[@cherylalt101]

"Look over there!" Distraction at it's most basic lol.

[@aNytmare]

@@bearlotk7608 He did that with Venezuela

[@NandR]

And for once I knew both were wrong. Venus is fuzzy. It’s literally covered in pretty much homogeneous cloud cover. Io is easy because it’s a volcanic hellscape. Titan is just pretty.

[@realist_chriss]

I now want the words "Believe, shmelieve, what the fuck is that?" on a canvas hanging in my living room. The words are a conversation starter.

[@traditionalnative]

Yo me too 😂

[@meenakshious]

I was trying to find a poster that said those words! Maybe if we beg hard enough, Last Week Tonight will make merch of it?

[@heathercampbell8625]

🤣🤣🤣 Yes!

[@embracethenoid9085]

If you want it on canvas find a painter to hire. I'm sure over the internet you can find a good local artist that would do it inexpensively. Some tattoo artist would probably be really into it and get it done fast.

[@CaptApple]

With that classic black and white UFO still above the words? Because that would be perfect.

[@KiraLovesMichael]

I LIVE for Thursdays so I can see the brilliant John Oliver! Thank you SO much! I don't know how I'd get through all of the madness going on in our country right now without his humor and intelligence as a reprieve! 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cebundy]

I saw a trio of UFOs at Fort Gordon, GA in 1974. They were amazing! They could jet off in any direction and then come to together and stop on a dime. It was like a ballet! I was both fascinated and terrified. Terror won out when they flew over us. We drove like a bat out of hell to get out of there.

[@xyleblack2545]

Do you think those were of alien origin or have a "natural" explanation?

[@semaj_5022]

​@@xyleblack2545 Well it was at an army fort, so..

[@ASKBryanNOT]

As someone who reads up on space I'm glad I finally knew his "this is it- no it isn't" joke

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I knew both of them weren't it, because we're up to at least 2-3 not it's assuming we even get an it at this point.

[@ASKBryanNOT]

@@SmallSpoonBrigade I meant more of "hey, I actually know what those are" you know lol but it was obviously coming

[@Dr_Jim57]

Joe Biden and the woke left will destroy this country .

[@arafatsefu4239]

7:28 I have to salute john oliver for gaining enough maturity in order to resist making jokes about Mr « Keyhoe »’s name

[@jimmio3727]

He's simply waiting for the Key moment to drag his name across the dirt like a hoe.

[@mikeday2393]

Right?!

[@sharkbait3332]

Indeed. My brain was like, "wait for it". 😂

[@chenzen1578]

@@sharkbait3332 mine too. I thought" Uuh, that guys name is KEYHOLE", waiting for Oliver to make a f-word joke.

[@XavierJustice-is2or]

I feel like that’s the one thing he couldn’t make fun of. Props to him really cause I’m dying now 😂

[@Xzeihoranth]

It isn't comforting to say there's ambiguity in a given situation but we have to be able to acknowledge it.

[@CK-tn2fh]

I saw a UFO when I was 4 years old. One night, presumably having seen something on TV about UFO's and it was topical, my dad claimed he knew a place where UFO's could be seen, and that night took me on a drive in hopes of seeing one. For most of the drive, my face was glued to the car window as I looked up at the night sky. We arrived at the destination and waited... and waited... and waited... and sure enough, after my dad excitedly pointed them out, I witnessed an odd pattern of lights flying overhead. I was utterly amazed. That was my go to UFO story for years after, for better or worse, until I my late teens when I was able to think slightly more critically, and I actually asked my dad about what really happened that night. He confessed he had no memory of that night, but most certainly did NOT know, or even care about, UFO's. Intellectually, I can only assume he had played a little prank on me and took me under a flight path near or at the local airport, and what I saw was a airplane taking off or landing. Emotionally however, I still like to believe my dad was somehow in the know about extraterrestrial visitations... which ironically would make more sense if you knew my dad.

[@pa5666]

John Oliver clearly doesn't visit the KZbin comments cause if he did, he'd know we all love him here ♥♥

[@MrEdwar084]

Barely

[@ChronoShadow69]

It's real nice of John to keep working his staff's fursuits into the shows budget

[@jasonchristian8362]

Thank you John Oliver, for finally taking the ridicule away from the people, and flipping it back onto the media, where it has been to me for a long time. Brilliant.

[@secularmonk5176]

When I saw the subject of this episode, I cocked my head, because it seemed like such a departure from what LWT has become: a critical essay of systems of authority. Then at 11:50, I made to connection. Because the United States government has vast resources and a tendency to classify research, disorienting phenomena will inevitably be sighted by members of the public. Responsibility for the resulting hysteria lies with the government, not a credulous population and unserious journalism. ... that's what I'm getting from the episode, anyways.

[@MrEdwar084]

​@@secularmonk5176 TF?

[@K-Locke]

Guess you watched a different episode.

[@nplakias1]

I expected better from you John Oliver and not all this debunking BS you spat out. When you were speaking about the UAP at 22:04 your debunkers claimed that the Triangularly looking Unknown Phenomenon was a Commercial Drone that appeared as a triangle because it was shot through infrared goggles. Woah..., Woah... Can you hear yourself here, mate? What you are implying to us Dear John is that this ship, one of the newest in US Navy carrying the most advanced DETECTING SENSORS known to man, including PHASED ARRAY RADARS, ELECTRO OPTICAL SENSORS, FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED (FLIR) and many others like these, are INCAPABLE to DISTINGUISH a commercial drone from a UAP.

[@eggman7527]

This guy's a blithering idiot.

[@salvadoresouza8917]

It’s rare to see actual journalists doing their job. Thank you!

[@74stang2togo]

Jimmy Carter is somehow the one president I'd believe about UFOs.

[@skylark1250]

I was intrigued that he insisted on reporting it. And yes I believe he saw a UFO.

[@dr.edwardrichtofen365]

He was a scientist during his time in the Navy. So he definitely knew scat he was talking about

[@HexNottingham]

He did more than reported his sighting, he was eventually briefed, to a degree, and seen afterwards crying with his head in his hands.

[@HexNottingham]

More presidents than most realize were in the know about "the UFO problem". All the way back to FDR, officially, with a few since wishing to remain ignorant to it. And several presidents before FDR also had experiences.

[@rmcdaniel423]

This is the sublime beauty of a genuinely nice, honest, and boring person. You can typically trust what they have to say.

[@GillianPalmerin]

As a Brit myself I just love the way he is able to make humour appealing to both sides of the Atlantic. This program had me laughing joyously and remembering UFO spotting with my Physicist father.

[@traceyd9201]

As someone who has a snake, i'm just really happy we got to see the cute little snake at the end :)

[@10secondsrule]

Cute?🤢

[@vala1277]

My son has been begging for a snake for months. I have to admit, the ball python is utterly adorable. For example ❤

[@billymadison8574]

​@@vala1277 Puppies are pretty adorable too. They're also a lot less likely to strangle ppl 🤷‍♂️

[@excarnator]

@@billymadison8574 What's your problem with strangers having snakes for pets? Anyways, you're exceedingly more likely to be fatally attacked by a dog than by a ball python.

[@billymadison8574]

@@excarnator That stat prolly has a lot more to do w/ the prevalence of dog ownership than snakes. The ppl that have them also typically dont play fetch w/ their snakes. If a stranger wants to keep a reptile caged in forced domestication, that's their freedom. Just saying puppies are a bit more rewarding

[@benjaminlehmann]

100% agree. There needs to be a sober and serious, scientific inquiry and research framework to find out more about what and where the snake is. Also UAP

[@RevsAndWheels]

Nothing like opening KZbin on a thursday evening and watching a British accountant talk about UFOs and snakes..

[@turquoisesnowflake4613]

Ain't that Just that zoom shoe Micheal and David Tennant did during the pandemic?

[@RevsAndWheels]

@@turquoisesnowflake4613 I don't have a clue about that mate 😅

[@hegodamask7384]

@@RevsAndWheelswow! You’re from the future! Or maybe a way different time zone than me. I’m going with future. Who wins the two NHL playoff games tonight?

[@DrakoWulf]

@@turquoisesnowflake4613 "zoom shoe Michael" Something doesn't add up here.

[@shelbynamels7948]

especially those g....damn snakes on this g...damn UFO

[@laalaa99stl]

Happy tenth anniversary Last Week Tonight!🥫

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

Thanks ❤

[@d1boundkj]

It’s finally completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGPLgJd7Zpl2rrssi=zvKhYkcEbCrZmxPW

[@RadagastBrown420]

He is so unfunny

[@Jartran72]

@@RadagastBrown420 Speak for yourself. He is both funny and interesting to me.

[@SlomoUofR]

The Boeing joke was on point. 😅

[@7177YT]

The joke about religion around 11:11 made my day! Cheers!

[@theotherone9416]

"Someone please come get your snake" is wild as last words

[@WildsDreams45]

I don't remember the name of the Muslim Egyptian king, but when he was done causing chaos in his kingdom he just wandered off into the desert on a donkey by himself and disappeared. He was never seen again. Your comment reminded me of that.

[@florete2310]

"1) Hypothesis 2) Horsewhip everybody who disagrees with you 3) Conclusion... ... you're thinking of ☝ *RELIGION* " I am LMAO😂😂😂

[@earthling_parth]

So so so accurate 😂

[@queenannsrevenge100]

Shots fired! Not wrong, but shots fired! 😂 👍

[@jelt110]

Or MAGA...

[@Craxin01]

@@jelt110 Facts

[@juliebraden6911]

We watched the video too but thanks

[@suziwolf4830]

Fact: I've been through every major city in the continental US over the course of my career as a truck driver. The ONLY city I felt obligated to get a souvenir from was Roswell (still have the t-shirt) 😁

[@pugachevskobra5636]

Lmao that's awesome!

[@suziwolf4830]

@@nonya.bizness Not major, no, but it is, technically, a city 🤣

[@tekbarrier]

The only downside is having to take that big bypass around it

[@Vaeldarg]

It's almost like tourism money might be the big motivating factor behind those small, otherwise irrelevant, towns promoting cryptids/UFOs....

[@JuliWieApril]

watching John Oliver, so he can teach me about the 16hundreds in my country. Thank you very much, sir

[@tayloka1]

The Boeing joke was just perfect 👌🏻

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

It really was though, I about LOST my shit 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justahugenerd1278]

Probably woke up my roommate from laughing too hard at that 😅

[@Scorch428]

Thats what I was thinking!

[@helixisverygay7831]

I quietly whispered “yeah, Johnny boy’s back!” to myself at work and now I don’t know what to feel.

[@MrBudPuphin]

Shame, you should be feeling shame.

[@MrBudPuphin]

@Viviorkogaming bro this isn't reddit. No body cares about internet points for youtube comments.

[@User12347ejdj]

@@MrBudPuphin you do princess by doing the same thing as me.

[@helixisverygay7831]

@@User12347ejdj I actually did say that lol I was just really excited

[@RadagastBrown420]

He is so unfunny

[@LakeFX]

PLEASE, LWT staff... I'm imploring you to do a deep dive into Long (Haul) COVID. It's affected two people close to me and millions of others, leaving them shells of their former selves. They are not getting near enough medical acknowledgement for what they are going through, and they deserve whatever care this nation can provide them, especially with no known cures or effective treatment.

[@13699111]

I agree with your comment.

[@CJPe-c5c]

Trump- " have you tried bleach intake?"

[@elizabethparker4511]

I have multiple sclerosis. A LOT of the long haul covid symptoms are similar to MS and Lupus symptoms. I'd like to see some brain mris of those covid survivors. It'd be interesting to compare.

[@joaquindominguez3194]

​@@elizabethparker4511 What symptoms for example?

[@steverussell7005]

I swear everybody’s impulse control is completely shot from multiple covid infections and it’s just gonna get worse cause our governments said “lol keep getting infected, the money line needs to go up”

[@dmrr7739]

Anyone familiar with photography should understand the part about the triangular highlights. In a camera lens, out-of-focus highlights resolve to the shape of the aperture. If you have a six-bladed aperture, you get hexagons, if you have eight blades, you get octagons. And if you have three blades, you get triangles. Some lenses even have custom apertures shaped like stars, etc.

[@J_C95]

I can assure you the analysts handling cases for the military are aware of these things, probably more than you are. Of course, there are cases where it does turn out to be something like you decide (like the "bokeh" triangle UFO from a few years ago), but there are other cases where multi-sensor readings backed up by eyewitness account exclude the possibility.

[@johannageisel5390]

I have a lot of UFOs (Un-Finished Objects) in my sewing trunk right now...

[@13699111]

Good one

[@donnadwarika6370]

😂❤Cool phase so true😂😂.

[@ashtonhoward5582]

I've got 13 such objects that need assembling and/or painting 😅

[@amyx231]

I’ll help you finish your UFOs if you help me finish mine! 😂

[@amyx231]

@@ashtonhoward5582I’d love to do that! You like ironing? I’ll trade! 😂😂😂

[@emilylackey3840]

This is EXACTLY the content we need from John Oliver!

[@RadagastBrown420]

Oiy, he is the opposite of funny

[@timothychristmas3125]

That was his worst episode. Made himself look like a total jackass who knows nothing about the subject.

[@Hirnlego999]

It's a waste of time. The so called big relevations never come

[@jacksprat6391]

It is fantastic to see John Oliver talk about this phenomenon! I was a Navy submariner, and I can't talk about the things I saw underwater, but I can talk about what I saw before I joined the Navy. I was crew on the tallship Argus out of Newport Beach CA. One cruise I was standing watch, about 0200 hours I saw a large object pass below the keel amidships while we were anchored in Cat Harbor, Catalina Island. We had three guys on watch, one on the bow, one amidships, and one on the stern. Cat Harbor is long and narrow, we had to make sure we weren't dragging anchor. This thing was big, maybe 30 feet wide. I saw a green glow from below the boat and looked down over the gunwhale. Saw something very wide and glowing green passing below the boat amidships. I called out to the other watchmen and the fellow from the bow came down to join me. This thing was huge, we thought it was a whale, and maybe it was glowing green from disturbing the plankton in the water. We decided to explain it that way and note it in our logs, but I don't really believe that - it was too big, and too bright green. The brightest green I have seen the ocean is when waves are breaking in plankton rich waters, this was brighter than that. I had no other frame of reference at the time, but now after hearing reports of USOs I think it may have been that. Super weird.

[@ChessieChess]

Whoa

[@IrenMasot]

Classic drug smuggler flyby, just wave and way hello and they might throw a bag overboard for you next time! 😂😂

[@ericlanglois2501]

Thanks for sharing! I love stories like these. There are so many crazy unexplained sightings out there!

[@jacksprat6391]

@@IrenMasot Laugh it up buddy, you weren't there. Also this was below the water, not above, in a protected harbor. I don't know why you would comment, except to try and gain some sort of personal following, or to act as a debunker on behalf of whom I can only guess. Whatever your reasoning, shame on you, you are not worthy.

[@PseudoIntellectual2.0]

@@jacksprat6391 As long as your logic isn’t “unexplained therefore an alien or something supernatural.” That would be very stupid.

[@loud865]

David wasn't just a navy pilot He was a top gun captain Best of the best inside the best of the best aircraft

[@laalaa99stl]

Come on, John. We can't even pass your Earth Geography exams, what prayer did we have identifying Venus?🤣

[@d1boundkj]

It’s finally completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGPLgJd7Zpl2rrssi=zvKhYkcEbCrZmxPW

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

🤥🤥 I blame Obama

[@raynotten3013]

Let me guess are you American? 😅

[@msjkramey]

Hey! I used to be obsessed with space! And I got a 49.5/50 on my state test! Just... don't ask me to point out other countries on a map

[@BlueRidgeBubble]

​@@msjkrameyFind Djabuti

[@aaronsteindler3245]

Technically, anything can be a UFO if you're bad enough at identifying things.

[@nicholasogburn7746]

And throwing things :-)

[@unshakentomato5609]

If I’m fucked up enough when I take the wheel, the streets are full of ‘em!

[@clayz1]

This is above my tech level.

[@unknowngamer37415]

I watched a video of a KZbinr who took one of the UFO videos and was able to identify it. It was a duck the size altitude and speed were all about right. ( Could have also been a type of goose)😂. Sometimes something's not identified because it's not worth identifying

[@lorenzoblum868]

UFOS = Ur Fool Of Sh*t

[@Hamza-rd6jk]

This is probably the least depressing episode we've had in years

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Everybody has off days.

[@pdxcorgidad]

​@@SmallSpoonBrigadebest reply. Kudos.

[@pelkfu]

i couldn't bring myself to watch medicade last week because i knew it would hurt my heart. got really excited when i saw today's topic.

[@mammawlee]

Or ever! 👽👽👽👽👽

[@jimmio3727]

Not when you realize it's 100 years of lies from the US gov't on top of the other shit they lied about... It's more depressing he never mentioned Fravor, Lazar, or any of the many who threw their lives away to tell us the reality they keep from us. We can't lie in court, but they can lie about anything they want and it's fine? Nah. Fuck that shit.

[@natalie9527]

I know Lue Elizondo and his family, and I had to do a double take when his work showed up in this episode. He has a lot of interesting stories and is the kind of person who may seem odd at times in the media, but is super solid and I am inclined to believe him. This is cool!

[@HeisenbergFam]

John's description "and - crucially - boring as fuck" is gold

[@Zhengrui0]

In all honesty, I didn't find that boring at all - but my brain hasn't been turned to mush by TikTok or Facebook, so...🤷

[@avigutierrez8948]

Well to be honest they’re practically about a million ufo sightings like every time🤷🏻‍♂️. But to be honest I never saw a ufo but if I did no one will believe me

[@d1boundkj]

W

[@vyvianalcott1681]

@@Zhengrui0 No, it was turned into mush from your own arrogance lmao

[@GSBarlev]

​@@Zhengrui0Honestly, my "TikTok" follows comprises mostly historians, astronomers, archeologists and zoologists. Like, bona fide, credentialed, but mostly young and uniformly enthusiastic scientific communicators. Point is: YMMV

[@JCJeffrey]

The Boeing Joke was great! 😅

[@donkfail1]

If someone identifies a UFO as a Boeing aircraft I'd be a sceptic. They can't fly! ;) But seriously, saying UFOs don't exist is the least believable thing. The fundamentally most scientific statement is "We don't know everything." followed with "But we're trying to figure it out."

[@gertjanvandermeij4265]

*At least so much better, than that flying coffin, called AIRBUS !* Boeing just rules ! If it ain't an Boeing, I'm not going !

[@johnrusac6894]

The pilot speaking about the tic tac encounter was flying a Boeing product, an F/A-18F Super Hornet.

[@scheimong]

Gottem

[@alextegzes1526]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@heroblok6]

Eating cereal at 2 am, I nearly spit out my milk when he said "That John C Reilly character 😂😂😂

[@xaosoax81]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who eats cereal at 2 am 😂

[@heroblok6]

@@xaosoax81 haha! It's 4am right now, and I'm doin the same thing again! 🌙 🥱 🥣

[@shapuku1674]

@@xaosoax81 People of culture 🤌

[@alasyon]

YES!! 😂

[@reddarko13]

14:21

[@cah137-y4s]

I don’t think I have ever been so called out as an astrophysics nerd than by the fact that I _instantly_ recognized the photo of Io and realized John was going for the double fakeout.

[@itskevinzerbe]

As a spatial statistician who uses remote sensing products in most of my work, the NASA clip was my favorite part of this segment.

[@lisadavis9535]

How do I say I'm a nerd without saying I'm a nerd? LOL! I'm right there with you!

[@itskevinzerbe]

@@lisadavis9535🤓🤓😂

[@rtd1791]

What field?

[@itskevinzerbe]

@@rtd1791 applied geography. I study natural hazards.

[@craigsellers2128]

It is just the bokeh of the camera lens. if you notice when the perspective of the camera rotates the "object" rotates exactly proportionally. Super Simple.

[@theweb2labs]

I am German and I had no idea about that. Thank you talking english teacup

[@mattia_carciola]

@@TwisterTornado Ergot is also responsible for most witch stuff, especially combined with hours inside an incense-filled church

[@stevenreneau268]

😂

[@robertgriffith9703]

Tale as Old as Time....

[@rleague685]

​@@mattia_carciola Actually, I am responsible for most witch stuff. I confess.

[@mattia_carciola]

@@rleague685 could you please bring it back? There's an annoying lack of magic lately

[@simonegiraffenkucken4376]

I feel like I am the only one thinking that trigonometry explanation was actually really interesting 😅

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Nope, you're not the only one! I wanted to hear more!

[@SergeRibalchenko]

Nope, but I suspect they don't know the size of an object and it's height, which are obviously interconnected variables.

[@pygarp]

@@SergeRibalchenko They knew the distant to object, and the altitude the jet was flying at. So they could calculate the size of it from that. I watched the entire 4 hour video. Spoiler, it was a duck flying at ~40 mph.

[@dootndo2]

@@pygarp Quack

[@jamesandersonwalsh]

Trigonometry explanation? Did I miss that?

[@marilynmurray3041]

I know of 2 people who say they had an encounter with a UFO. The first guy was at a park at night, He saw a bright light and heard a “sound like a helicopter”. I think he saw a helicopter. The 2nd was a relative, sober, serious and smart. Driving in a very remote area of Texas at night. They were followed for miles by a huge, black, triangle shape that covered almost the entire starlit sky.

[@danielx40]

If Jimmy Carter says it, it is real. I’m sold. That guy doesn’t lie.

[@matt-jd6pu]

👍

[@GordonJones88]

Yes we know it is real, but what really is it?

[@Mr_Lima_Bean]

@@GordonJones88 BubbleGum Lemon

[@veganbutcherhackepeter]

True. He was just a loveable old peanut farmer who didn't understand everything he saw.

[@wordforger]

​@@GordonJones88Some manner of classified experimental aerial vehicles that the government doesn't want to talk about yet. If it's not ours, then someone else's.

[@robinr7976]

Loved watching him trying not to break after the pelican joke and that one lady’s laugh 😂

[@Lcm_0913]

Watching this while getting ready for work is making me wanna call out and binge x-files

[@bodenking]

I wanna watch Signs in a dark room

[@elphiegleason3899]

Yup the Mulder line made me laugh so fucking hard and his views on politics are spot on as usual I try my best not to post politics on my social media

[@ZedaZ80]

My partner and I recently rewatched the series :D This video is good timing

[@sidvicious332]

The very first season of X Files was the greatest season in my opinion. There were fantastic episodes/movies later but that first season had something of a purity to it before they threw more money at the show. Fantastic writing. An absolute masterpiece for many in love with scifi in the 90's.

[@kristieamaya3365]

SAME

[@DeanKaehele-xq1iz]

You are not an idiot. Hail John Oliver! Luv yer show!

[@messmeister92]

**Top secret aircraft accidentally leaves landing lights on** AZ governor: “I promise a full and open investigation.” DARPA: “You sure about that?”

[@dafff08]

Feds: you are right it was aliens and totally not our secret aircraft.

[@Levyathyn]

If you do the crime, you should pay the time. So in my opinion, if test pilots are dumb or careless enough to forget running lights on a secret craft, the responsibility of keeping it secret was already fucked up--the issue shouldn't just be packaged up and shipped off to politicians or agencies or even regular people to cover it up. That ship has sailed, at that point; the jig is up, and if someone investigates it they should buck up and own it up. "Yeah, we fucked up, that was us." How hard is that?

[@dengar96]

​@Levyathyn "we spent 85 billion dollars developing invisible planes and you want us to kill the project because you left the landing lights on!!!?"

[@diazinth]

@@Levyathyn "Yes, we did a thing, it is safe for local people, no you can't have any more questions."

[@mikewlazlinski4309]

​@@Levyathyn So you want Americas enemies to know exactly what our actual capabilities are. That's retarded.

[@jaybeep6083]

We are not alone in the universe: John Oliver is out there! 👽

[@socialmoon]

Fucking hell, that first clip from 'Unsolved Mysteries' absolutely sent me - the dramatic music, the narration, the sudden cut to a zoom-in on the UFO... 😂😂😂

[@jcace13]

I really relate to the guy waiting for the aliens to come and get him.

[@Icon-dz1ib]

Stop the World - I want to Get Off! Right?

[@dougrobinson6683]

The UFO kids, the Catholics, they're all about the same. They're waiting for something, hoping to be saved.

[@randallbesch2424]

He would be waiting for the faeries to get him 300 years ago though they are still around.

[@steves5119]

humans are garbage.. they will never meet with gov either.. why would they?

[@jv-lk7bc]

@@randallbesch2424 go to iceland for them..